​MARGHERITA: A TWO-ACT PLAYABOUT THE PLAY: THE JEWISH MOTHER OF FASCISMTO BE PERFORMED AT GREENBELT ARTS CENTER JULY 2018MARGHERITA EMILY CANAVANBENITO AREF DAJANIMAJOR KLEMMER JAMES MCDANIELJAMES BULLOCK GRANT BAGLEYRADIO ANNOUNCER MARGARET BAGLEYDIRECTOR BEATRIX WHITEHALL STAGE MANAGER PENNY MARTINThe play takes place during a three-day encounter in 1938. Margherita Margherita Sarfatti and Benito Mussolini, (Il Duce), former lovers, meet after a three-year separation. A masked Il Duce suddenly appears at her door as she attempts to leave the country. Why such a visit now, at such a late hour?

Through a series of mysterious events he plays with her mind. He knows what she wants - to get quietly and safely out of Italy. She is well aware of what he wants- the 1300 intimate letters he sent her during their 25-year affair. Letters which, in the wrong hands, could have changed the shape of history.